Automatic powder applicator apparatus



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AUTOMATIC POWDER APPLICATOR APPARATUS 24 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 13, 1962 INVENTOR. WALTER F. LUTZWEIT ONNI w. mam

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AUTOMATIC POWDER APPLICATOR APPARATUS Filed Feb. 15, 1962 24 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR.

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AUTOMATIC POWDER APPLICATOR APPARATUS Filed Feb. 15, 1962 24 Sheets-Sheet 5 IINVENTOR.

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AUTOMATIC POWDER APPLICATOR APPARATUS Filed Feb. 15, 1962 24 Sheets-Sheet 6 F/G 2O 2| INVENTOR.

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AUTOMATIC POWDER APPLICATOR APPARATUS Filed Feb. 13, 1962 24 Sheets-Sheet 8 IN V EN TOR.

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AUTOMATIC POWDER APPLICATOR APPARATUS Filed Feb. 13, 1962 24 heets-Sheet 20 INVENTOR. WALTER F. LUTZWEIT BY ONNI W. NIEM! A 7' TO/PNEY 

1. APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF ELECTROSCOPIC POWDER ONTO PLATE SURFACES, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) SUPPORT MEANS TO SUPPORT A PLURALITY OF PLATES ON WHICH ELECTROSCOPIC POWDER IS TO BE APPLIED; (B) MEANS TO DISCHARGE AN AEROSOL OF ELECTROSCOPIC POWDER IN A CONTROLLED DISCHARGE PATH; (C) MEANS TO FEED PLATES SERIATIM FROM SAID SUPPORT MEANS INTO SAID AEROSOL DISCHARGE PATH WHEREIN TO RECEIVE AN APPLICATION OF THE POWDER OF THE AEROSOL ON THE PLATE SURFACE; (D) DETERMINATION MEANS TO DETERMINE THE HOMOGENEITY OF POWDER APPLICATION EFFECTED BY SAID LAST RECITED MEANS RELATIVE TO A PREDETERMINED STANDARD; AND, (E) DISPOSITION MEANS SELECTIVELY RESPONSIVE TO THE DETERMINATION OF SAID DETERMINATION MEANS TO EFFECT APPROPRIATE DISPOSITION OF PLATES ON WHICH POWDER HAS BEEN APPLIED. 